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We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests.

Tanith Lee

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Tanith Lee
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: September 19
Died: 2015
Died: May 24
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Esther Garber
Judas Garbah
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Scribes
Needs
Storytellers
Expressive
Storyteller
Priests
Arts
Ancient
Art

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Hope is a punishable offense. The verdict is always death one more death of the heart.
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The humble were the elect of God. Did not the priests teach so, in their gemmed, kingly robes, from their towering pulpits?
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The soul is a magician. Only living flesh hampers it.
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Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.
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I was reading some complex books in my own youth-and no, I didnt always understand every word, let alone every concept-but I got the main thrust, which was like a lifeline in a fluctuating world.
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It was not apathy. It was an intelligent disinterest in those things that could have no bearing on one's existence.
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It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person I'm not even really aware of writing for myself.
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Your dreams will betray you. Go nowhere on a horse that fades.
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The worst vulgarity is to avoid vulgarity solely on the grounds that it is vulgar.
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I hate the way, once you start to know someone, care about them, their behavior can distress you, even when it's unreasonable and not your fault, even if you were really trying to be careful, tactful.
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I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world.
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Tales of heroes end in bliss.
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No one more cynical than an idealist.
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How massively the mountains stand, while low to the ground the sand blows. The sand blows on and on. And then there are no mountains, none at all, the sand has kissed and whispered them away. And still, the sand blows on.
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I came up with a parallel Venice called Venus. set in a parallel Venice about 1701.
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We all have our dreams. May we find them, and God have mercy on us when we do.
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People are always the start for meanimals. When I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings,immortals, the deadthese are all people to me.
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The bitterness of joy lies in the knowledge that is cannot last. Nor should joy last beyond a certain season, for, after that season, even joy would become merely habit.
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